MST3K's Surgically Enhanced Turkey Day Marathon

Turkey Day '22 was a marathon of ten Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes that streamed on November 24th, 2022. It remains available to watch on the Gizmoplex, and YouTube.

The official title is MST3K's Surgically Enhanced Turkey Day Marathon and it featured eight classic episodes up-scaled to an image resolution of 1080p, as well as two full episodes and a short from Season 13.

The mascot of Turkey Day '22 is Turkules, a muscle-bound turkey.

Live stream schedule[]

All times are approximate and reflect Eastern Standard Time

7:00am - Episode #617 - The Sword and the Dragon
9:00am - Episode #612 - The Starfighters
11:00am - Episode #204 - Catalina Caper (Fan Selected Episode)
1:00pm - Episode #817 - The Horror of Party Beach (Fan Selected Episode)
3:00pm - Episode #1301 - Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
5:00pm - Episode #1303 - Beyond Atlantis
7:00pm - Episode #501 - Warrior of the Lost World (Fan Selected Episode)
9:00pm - Episode #403 - City Limits
11:00pm - Episode #811 - Parts: The Clonus Horror (Fan Selected Episode)
1:00am - Episode #512 - Mitchell
3:00am - Short #13.04 - Sleep for Health

Host segments[]

Segment One / Opening: Synthia Forrester begins to introduce her selection for the Turkey Day Marathon when she is interrupted by Kinga, who introduces her newest invention, the Flatimation AI Printer, a device that can "print any image of [her] choosing and encode it with sentience". Her first creation is the "loveable mascot" Turkules, a half-man/half-turkey. Both Kinga and Synthia are disturbed by Turkules, who considers himself to be an abomination. Kinga then instructs Synthia to begin presenting the movies in their new Surgically Enhanced form, being sure to include episodes chosen by the fans. While she works on the fan-chosen episodes, Synthia introduces The Sword and the Dragon, duly flushed by Ardy and Bonesy.
Segment Two: Synthia uses "AI" posterboards to explain the process by which the older episodes are "surgically enhanced". They are transported by the Deep Hurting to the Gizmonic Institute where they are processed before being returned to the Moon by the Deep Hurting. Kinga arrives to chastise Synthia for her presentations skills and to show off the differences between original and enhanced footage. Turkules is discovered collated into the deck of posterboards and he feels indignant over his treatment.
Segment Three: Kinga, upset that neither of the episodes shown so far were selected by the fans, demands that Synthia show one or pick mites out of Max's hair. Synthia tells Kinga that Episode #204 - Catalina Caper has just been enhanced, so Kinga orders it flushed to viewers.

Credits[]

Cast[]

Crew[]

Executive Producer - Joel Hodgson
Directed by Matt McGinnis, Tim Ryder
Written by Ross Bryant, Rebecca Hanson
Produced by Ivan Askwith, Clinton Trucks, Sarah Morisano
Co-Producers - Lesley Kinzel, Matt McGinnis
Surgically Enhanced in collaboration with Crane Media Factory

Editor - Tim Ryder
Assistant Editors - Ivan Askwith, Josh Warner
Director of Photpgraphy - Tim Ryder
Puppet & Prop Fabrication - Monkey Boys Productions
Prop Master - Rick Mader
Hair and Makeup - Darlene Orellane
Wardrobe Assistant - Ivan Askwith
Alternaversal Executive Producers - Michael Oeth, Sharyl Volpe
Shout! Factory Executive Producers - Gene Pao, Garson Foos, Michael Ribas
Programming & Playout - Jonathan DeCarlo, Branden Bonner, Paige Sherman
Shout Production Operations - Nick Ekum, Johnny Sandoval, Brian Blum
Marketing - Ivan Askwith, Dayna Cramer
Publicity - Sarah J. De Brun, Lesley Kinzel
Social Media - Emily Higgins
Production Accountant - Sarah Morisano
Fan Tournament Impresario - Lesley Kinzel
Production Artwork - Ivan Askwith, Mike Norton, Gary Glover
Papermation Sequences - Joel Hodgson, Josh Warner
Interstitial Music by Farid Barron Trio
Special Thanks to All Teachers Everywhere, Ari Schonfeld, Don Haugen, Elliot Rutstein, Frank Mohler, Our Tournament Voters, Reese Morgenstern, The White Dot